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FUGUE
THIS GARMENT WAS PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH AMANDA LEE, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI GRADUATE
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
VISUAL ART AND DESIGN SHOWCASE
AWARD RECIPIENT
Fugue was inspired by a painting exhibited at Mizzou North's Museum Art & Archaeology, Concerto Grosso Fugue by Federic Karoly.
During our initial design process, we wanted to emphasize Karoly's medium of stainpainting, a form of art that appears to have minimal artist involvement. In this process each color effortlessly blends into each other, creating different values, hues, and textures.
In order to imitate this medium as close as possible, Amanda and I, chose to hand-dye each individual piece of nylon mesh in order to represent the various strokes represented in the painting. With using a fabric that was so opaque, we were able to create layers appearing similarly to the tiers seen on Karoly's piece of artwork. The nylon mesh was hand tacked to a white shell in hopes of portraying paint on a canvas.
The name for the garment, Fugue, came into fruition because of its definitive meaning. According to Webster Dictionary, Fugue means, “(the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts”. Similarly to how our garment was produced & designed.
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CHAOS
“Chaos” represents how unnatural man’s version of nature is within the modern world. The front encompasses what is believed to be the definition of nature. Done so by, emphasizing colors found within plants, flowers, water, and trees. Everything appears to be harmonious, relaxing, and heavenly. However, in reality, we have our back’s to nature’s true current state. Metaphorically, the back of “Chaos” portrays what is happening within our ecosystem. It is a dark reality that features wildfires, droughts, rising temperatures, extinctions, and extreme conditions. This feeling is evoked through the use of black, red, orange, and other darker colors representative of nature’s chaos.
This garment's fabric was created through draping with acrylic paint & lightweight canvas fabric.
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A CLASSIC, REDEFINED
This garment is a draped and flat patterned jacket, created with a acrylic houndstooth plaid, and lined with polyester satin. The jacket features a shawl collar, a metal separating zipper at center front, and a zipper pull ring.
The plaid fabric was used to give the jacket a classic feel, while the oversized shawl collar represents modern innovation.
It is considered a first sample, but done in fashion fabric. If I could change anything further on the outcome of this design, it would be to alter the sleeves so they are more balanced. It would also be beneficial to tack down the collar in the back so it lays flatter on the wearer's body.
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TWISTED
Twisted, is a draped dress, created with a periwinkle crepe back satin. The dress features a fitted silhouette to hold the twist at the waist, kimono sleeves, and an invisible zipper in the center back.
While designing this garment, it was important to pick a fabric that would emphasize the drape around the twist. The crepe back satin, allowed the drape to pick up the highlights from photography, artificial lighting, and natural sunlight, while also creating shadows and depth.
The dress is considered a first sample done in fashion fabric, and if I could alter the bottom, I would fix where the yoke of the twist meets the skirt to have a more even and undisrupted curve. I would also fix the small puckering of the side seams.
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STRIPED VARIATION
Striped Variation is a dress that was produced during a draping course. This garment is from an assignment called "The Plaid Project", where each person is randomly paired with another designer. Each pairing of students were given either plaid or striped fabric, with instructions to manipulate the fabric in a way that would be accentuating, in under just six working hours.
We received a striped blue cotton shirting fabric.
Within my pairing, we first decided to play with the minimalistic stripe fabric by manipulating grain lines, stripe direction, and playing with pleats. The top and bottom skirt are on the bias, while the pleating on the skirt is on straight grain, highlighting the silver stripes. The pleating featured at the waist and hipline are on cross grain. At the waist, it is pleated in a way that emphasizes the blue within the fabric, while at the hip, the pleats switch off between the blue and the silver.
Disclaimer: Within the project it is not a requirement to sew up the garment, it is photographed pinned on the form.
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